Wednesday, April 12, 2017

WWOne, NBC Sports Radio To Air Stanley Cup Playoffs

Raise your sticks! In conjunction with NBC Sports and NBC Sports Radio, Westwood One will present live play-by-play audio coverage of the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, starting this Saturday, April 15, when the Toronto Maple Leafs take on the Washington Capitals in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals.

Westwood One will broadcast a Playoff Game of the Week on each of the next four Saturdays and then will broadcast every game of the Conference Finals and the Stanley Cup Final:

Playoff Game of the Week

Saturday, April 15, 2017 Toronto @ Washington 6:45 pm ET

Saturday, April 22, 2017 Teams TBA 3:00 pm ET

Saturday, April 29, 2017 Teams TBA 3:00 pm ET

Saturday, May 6, 2017 Teams TBA Time TBA

Kenny Albert (play-by-play) and Joe Micheletti (analyst) will serve as Westwood One/NBC Sports Radio’s broadcast crew for the 2017 Stanley Cup Final and select playoff games. Albert calls regular-season and post-season NHL games on NBC and NBCSN and has served as a hockey play-by-play commentator for NBC Sports at four Winter Olympics. He is also the radio play-by-play voice for the New York Rangers. Micheletti serves as an analyst for NBC Sports Group’s NHL regular-season and post-season coverage, and is a TV analyst for the New York Rangers as well. He began his broadcasting career in 1985 as part of the St. Louis Blues radio team.

NHL programming will be available on NBC Sports Radio affiliates throughout the United States, as well as on NBCSportsRadio.com, NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports Radio mobile app, SiriusXM Radio (213/Sirius and 202/XM), and TuneIn and the free TuneIn mobile app. NHL fans can also follow the playoffs on the NBC Sports Radio station on Apple Music.